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<DESCRIPTION>POWER OF ATTORNEY
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POWER OF ATTORNEY                                Exhibit 99

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby
constitutes and appoints each of Nathan I. Partain and
T. Brooks Beittel, signing singly,the undersigned's
attorney-in-fact to:

(1)   execute for and on behalf of the undersigned,
in the undersigned's capacity as an affiliated person
of the investment adviser of DNP Select Income Fund Inc.
(the "Fund"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with
Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
and the rules thereunder;

(2)   do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the
undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and
execute any such Form 3, 4, or 5, to complete and execute any
amendment or amendments thereto and to timely file such forms
and/or amendments with the United States Securities and Exchange
Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and

(3)   take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection
with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact,
may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required
by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents
executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned
pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and
shall contain suchterms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact
may approve in such attorney-in-fact's discretion.

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact
full power and authority to do and perform any and every act
and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary or proper to be done
in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted,
as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might
or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution
or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such
attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact's substitute or
substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of
thispower of attorney and the rights and powers herein granted.
The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact,
in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are
not assuming, nor is the Fund or any of its advisors assuming,
any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect
until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4
and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions
in securities issued by the Fund, unless earlier revoked by
the undersignedin a signed writing delivered to the
foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this
Power of Attorney to be executed as of this  17 day of  May, 2005.

/s/ George R Aylward
George R Aylward



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